Measurement System for Characterizing Liquid Moisture Transfer Difference between Two Surfaces of Textile Materials

Abstract

A new measurement apparatus was developed to characterize the dynamic liquid moisture transfer properties of textile materials such as textile fabrics, based on the mechanical equipment, microelectronics, sensors and control system. Derived from the test data, five indices were defined to characterize the dynamic liquid moisture transfer difference between two surfaces of textile fabrics. The test principle and the evaluation method for the dynamic moisture transfer difference between two surfaces of textile fabrics were introduced. Six types of fabrics made from different textile materials were measured. The one-way ANOVA analysis was carried out to identify the significance of the differences of the indices among the test fabrics. The results show that each evaluation index is significantly different (P<0.05) among different test fabrics, and fabric 3 has a better liquid moisture transfer from inner surface to outer surface with the highest value of moisture transfer difference.